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Good file copying utility that verifies integrity?
posted to Ask Metafilter by pantsrobot
at 12:04 PM on October 5, 2005
(13 comments)
Are there any good online guides to hard drive partitioning? I've always had a single hard drive partition, but since I'm getting a new system together I'd be interested to hear any suggestions regarding best practices, etc.
posted to Ask Metafilter by anticlock
at 12:06 PM on June 30, 2008
(14 comments)
I’ve got a new 400gb drive heading my way, plus a free copy of Vista. What is the best way to rebuild my system, with XP, Vista sharing files etc. with maybe a little Ubuntu thrown in? There’s
posted to Ask Metafilter by nazca
at 6:06 PM on December 18, 2006
(7 comments)
Designer
Jeff Staple may have his
name on Levis but he really made his name in 2005 when, in conjunction with Nike, he put a pigeon logo on 200 pairs of Nike Dunks. Today they sell for up to $3000. In June The Pigeon made a special appearance on a
camera and now The Pigeon returns on 650 pairs of
New Balance shoes that are released globally on Wednesday.
Nike probably wont be impressed.
posted to MetaFilter by meech
at 11:49 PM on August 3, 2008
(49 comments)
With the recent discovery of a trove of
Delia Derbyshire tracks, my interest in early synth and electronica has been reawakened. Help me find some good stuff.
posted to Ask Metafilter by oflinkey
at 10:15 AM on July 29, 2008
(19 comments)
For years,
Wired magazine has tapped a bevy of designers and artists in the tech field to craft detailed visions of futuristic objects for a monthly showcase at the close of each issue. Now, after
hinting as much in the July edition, it is clear that that the tradition of FOUND
has been brought to an end. What better way to say goodbye to this whimsical feature than by taking a look back at the full archived run of the series?
posted to MetaFilter by Rhaomi
at 5:42 PM on July 22, 2008
(29 comments)
Artweaver
is a freeware "natural media" paint program, of the same type as Corel Painter. Natural media means it uses tools that are intended to simulate actual art tools, like oils, pastels, pencils and so forth. It's not as feature-rich as Painter, but it's getting better.
posted to MetaFilter by JHarris
at 4:17 PM on July 23, 2008
(22 comments)
When is reading reading?
Or, rather, when is it good for you? The New York Times looks at how the internet is changing the ways we think and how we learn.
posted to MetaFilter by ztdavis
at 12:26 PM on July 27, 2008
(66 comments)
50 Bands, 50 States:
The Boston Phoenix declares the best all-time band, best all-time solo artist, and best new band from each state.
posted to MetaFilter by lunit
at 5:10 PM on July 5, 2008
(83 comments)
Who? Only one of the supreme
German graphic artists of his time, that's all. Long an acknowledged influence among illustrators, animators and cartoonists, he is probably known primarily for a couple of
Dover Books collection of his sketchbook art that were published back in the 60s and are now hard to find.
posted to MetaFilter by Guy_Inamonkeysuit
at 11:21 AM on July 3, 2008
(13 comments)
I've got rather a lot of desktop wallpapers. Is there any nice (freeware) program I can use to automatically change these? I'm using Windows XP.
posted to Ask Metafilter by stoneegg21
at 12:40 AM on August 9, 2004
(9 comments)
I have a list with hundreds of items. How can I import/tag them so that I can later view them by tag? Is there a site/software that can do this?
posted to Ask Metafilter by mickmel
at 5:28 AM on June 13, 2008
(6 comments)
What would be the most efficient way convert every single thing I have ever written on the internet into one large book that I can keep on my shelf?
posted to Ask Metafilter by ChabonJabon
at 8:31 AM on June 13, 2008
(8 comments)
RestoftheMovie.com
will probably be taken offline pretty soon, since it seems like they show full (screener) versions of current movies (like
Kung Fu Panda and
Ironman) in streaming format, so you'll probably want to check it out sooner rather than later.
posted to MetaFilter by Dave Faris
at 4:02 PM on June 12, 2008
(34 comments)
Can anyone recommend some brainstorming software?
posted to Ask Metafilter by jacobean
at 7:26 AM on June 6, 2008
(12 comments)
"I have never had an accident where I have pressed a button and accidentally sent seven chapters into cyberspace, never to be seen again. And have you ever tried to hack into my typewriter? It is very secure," says author Frederick Forsyth. In the computer age,
people still love typewriters. BBC News Magazine examines why, with some interesting comments after the article.
Via.
posted to MetaFilter by amyms
at 11:04 PM on June 5, 2008
(79 comments)
Why do T-shirts become wider and shorter over time, and not the reverse? And is there any minimal-effort way to avoid this?
posted to Ask Metafilter by stuckie
at 4:16 PM on March 5, 2008
(16 comments)
Help me appreciate movies!
posted to Ask Metafilter by arrowhead
at 11:41 AM on May 26, 2008
(21 comments)
Over the years, I've collected a whole lot of t-shirts, and as I'm something of a slacker nerd, they're pretty much the only thing I wear. The problem is, I keep them in stacks in a big rack of square cubby-like containers, so I wash them, I fold them, I stack them on top, and then inevitably wind up wearing the same dozen shirts over and over again. I've been trying to devise an ingenious way to get a better rotation, but I'm coming up blank. (I share a closet with the girl, and pretty much all of the hanger space is hers, so that's out.) Anyone have a brilliant method of managing shirts like this?
posted to Ask Metafilter by majcher
at 12:52 PM on March 20, 2005
(19 comments)
Looking for an eco-friendly messenger bag. Used? Recycled? Fabric? What have you?
posted to Ask Metafilter by horseblind
at 9:20 AM on April 30, 2008
(18 comments)
Ten days have passed since I posted
this thread to
AskMetafilter. My postman is cranky with me, my friends think I'm crazy, I have about around 30 lbs of new catalogs
[c. 200kb pics, flickr, 1, 2], and a reinvigorated appreciation for all y'all (not that it has ever been in jeopardy)...
posted to MetaTalk by cadastral
at 7:32 PM on April 11, 2008
(49 comments)
Over 2000 classic tales and fables
including
Aesop's Fables,
Bulfinch's Mythology,
Indian "Why" Stories, tales by
Oscar Wilde,
Beatrix Potter,
Rudyard Kipling,
Louisa May Alcott,
L. Frank Baum and
Harriet Beecher Stowe and stories about
Abraham Lincoln,
Robin Hood and
Baron Munchausen. And more! The
folk and fairytale collection is particularly rich, with hundreds of stories from all over the world.
posted to MetaFilter by Kattullus
at 9:41 AM on April 1, 2008
(15 comments)
What is your favourite blog?
posted to Ask Metafilter by feelinglistless
at 1:21 PM on March 30, 2008
(54 comments)
What are some activities that are like 'going to the gym' for your profession?
posted to Ask Metafilter by mullingitover
at 11:26 PM on March 27, 2008
(90 comments)
Revisionista
monitors news websites and detects when articles change. The versions are viewable and the changes are highlighted. Some edits are miniscule, others are
quite interesting. A Recommended Revisions
list yields all manner of edits. Also on the News Sniffer site,
Watch Your Mouth monitors the BBC's
'Have Your Say' website and detects when comments get censored.
posted to MetaFilter by thisisdrew
at 3:08 PM on November 1, 2006
(11 comments)
